Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for EWETSE-26 in Madagascar from 20 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC to 21 Jan 2026 12:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for EWETSE-26

in Madagascar

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone EWETSE-26 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1001250
Name	EWETSE-26
From - To	20 Jan - 21 Jan
Exposed countries	Madagascar
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	95 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	0.4 m (21 Jan 06:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	High (Madagascar)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
WMO-RSMC La Réunion	95 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5
GDACS JTWC	83 km/h	n.a.	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	97 km/h	0.7 m	555 mm	0.5
GFS	97 km/h	0.6 m	283 mm	0.5
ECMWF	83 km/h	0.5 m	796 mm	0.5

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